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Application filed July 22, 1925. Serial No; 45,245

The present invention relates toa sample carrying and display casewhich is particularly'adapted to contain salesmens-samples of footwear 1 Y In order to display a group of samples of footwear to a prospective purchaser, a salesman is frequently required, when his samples arepacked in an ordinary suit case or similar container, to unpack his samples one by one and lay'them out for inspection. 'An object of thepresent invention is to make a combined sample carrier and display case which will retain said samples in a predetermined position, irrespective of the position of the display casewhen said case is in a closed condition; and to easily and quickly bring any or all-of the samples into a display position upon the opening of said case. a 3;:

In'order to attain this object; there is provided, in'accordance with one feature ofthe invention, a pair of box like portions connected together by hinged means to permit the closing together thereof, and support rods extending across each of said box like containers, said rods having support means slidably connected thereto with resilientpositi-oning means adjacent each support means to resiliently position said support means upon said cross rods, and straps positioned parallel to the support means to hold the toes of footwear samples, supported on the support means, from, displacement. 1

These and other features of the invention will be more fully brought out in the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein: v

Figure 1, is a view in elevation of a display case madein accordance with the present invention with articles of footwear mounted therein, a portion of the case being" broken awayto show an article of footwear and a hook slidably mounted therein, show ing in detail the method of mounting the articles of footwear in the display case.

' Referring tothe drawings in detail, the

display case comprises a pair of box like a members 1 and 2, hingedly connected at an edge thereof to each other. provided for carrying purposes, and a lock 4 5 may also be provided" for securing the parts in closed condition.

A handle 3 is Extending transversely across each of the box-like portions 1 and Q'areirods 5, which may be of metal, said rodsbein'gspaced apart a distance slightlyles's than the com-- bined lengthiof I an article ofv footwear '9.

which it is desired to display insaid case, and a support meansconnecting thearticle to one of said rods. Uponeach of the rods 5 are mounted a plurality of support'hooks 6 which may be of the typeshown in Figure 2,,each of which is resiliently positioned upon the rod by a pair of rubber washers 7,

one of said washers being mounted oneither side ofeach support hook-6. Arod 8 is mountedtransversely of each ofthe box like members 1 and 2 a short:distancefrom what is intended to be the bottom of the case when the case isopened in a-'display position, shown in Figure 1. A strap 10 having a buckle 11 therein is positioned laterally adjacent each rod which s'upports'the toes of artlcles of footwear contained in the case,

and these straps may be secured across the toes of the articles of footwear to firmly hold them in position rearwardly of the rods when the case is closed.

The articles of footwear 9 are placed in position within the case and grippedby the hooks 6, which may be positioned upon the rods 5 by manually gripping the washers 7 and slidably moving them along the rod so as to -bring each article of footwear into a desired position with respect to the other a'rticlesof footwear upon thefsame rod.

The rubber washers Tare of a sizeto resiliently grip the rod with suflicient forceto prevent lateral displacement of an article of edge of the case asufiicient distance tofpermit the casetofbe closed when articles of footwear are positioned with the toes thereof upon the outwardside of the rod'below the one .upon which they are suspended, and in this position the soles of the articles of footwear are resiliently supported by the washers 7 upon the next lower rod. However, when the case is to be closedfor a considerable period it is'prefer'abl'e to raise the articles of footwear slightly upward and move the toes thereof into position behind said next lower rod, as shown in dottedlines in Figure 1, so that the toes will'be resil:

v iently supported in such position by means of the washers 7 on the next lower rod. The straps 10, mounted transversely of the members 1 and 2 may then be secured across the toe of the articles of footwear to hold 7 them firmly in position;

7 The support rods serve to support the toes of the shoes in a display position and the straps 10 to retain them in back of the rods when the case is closed, as during shipment.

A further advantage in securing the toes of the shoes in position by means of the straps is found when opening the case in a horizontal position. If the toes of the articles of footwear were not secured in position by the straps, upon opening the case 7 in such horizontal position, the articles would pivot about the rods and hang in a vertical position. l Vhen'the toes of the articles are secured by the straps, however, they retain their position in the container until the toes are released and moved into a display position. Furthermore, when it is desired to especially display a few of the articles, the strap securing them in position to be supported thereon, manually operable grip means slidably mounted upon each of said rods, and means mounted upon the rod adjacent said grip means to resiliently position said means upon said rod by means of a resilient frictional grip'upon the rod.

2. A display case, comprising a box-like -member having a closure therefor, a pluof an article to be supported thereon, grip 7 means slidably mounted upon said rods, and means mounted upon saidrods ad acent each of sald grip means to resiliently posi tion said grip means and to resiliently support a portion of an article carried by a gr p means on an ad acent support rodin sa d case.

3. A display case, comprising a box-like port-ion, rods mounted transversely of. said box-like portion and spaced apart to position a portion of an article to be displayed thereon in overlapping position with a rod next adjacent thereto, article grip means slidably mounted upon said rode, a resilient Washer slidably mounted upon said rods upon each side of each of said article grip mean'sto resiliently position said grip means and to resiliently support a portion of an article carried by a grip means on a rod next adjacent thereto, and strap, means mounted transversely of the case to retain articles supported on the rods from displacement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si nature.

WILLIAM F; ENRI GHT. j 

